Dearest Packmates, the time has finally come. The final FINAL edits were completed last Sunday at 9am and I’ve been doing interior layout since then. We’ve got a hell of a story for you, so get caught up, buckle up, and stock up on your Kleenex, it’s going to be more of an emotional thrill ride than the first.

And we’re only getting started. How fitting that this one is going to be released with the sun in Leo.

While designing the interior I needed an image for the section pages…you know, the ones that say “Part One”, “Part Two”? Totally playing around, I created the image you see below. Wendi loved it and chided me for saying in the past how much I disliked making logos.

Honestly, I wasn’t thinking logo, it just sorta happened. With that said, we’ll be stocking our dormant Cafe Press shop with a few offerings like mugs, totes and t-shirts for you to display your Pack Pride with the Tau Crest. More information, along with another special offer from a fellow author, will follow over the upcoming weeks.

Until then, it’s okay to jump on the bed and spread the word that Storms is coming.

Hard to believe it’s been a year already since Wendi and I broke ground on Tau’s Pride. We had started in mid-October and didn’t stop writing for the next four months. Seriously, we were on a writing jag and cranked out the first draft of three or four books, the equivalent of completing four NaNos back to back. Maybe more, considering our word count for any given book is double the minimum of one NaNo.

What we produced was amazing, yes, but damn did it need work. Talk about tangents galore. As we go through the rewrites now we look at some stuff and scratch our heads saying, “What the hell were we thinking there?”

And then there’s other stuff that is so mind-blowing good, we don’t remember writing it at all. We get caught up reading it and yes, it slows down the rewrite process.

This second book cover falls into that inspirational Twilight Zone category. It started with the central figure (who is it? we’re not going to tell!). Like our Angel on the cover of Storms, the main figure is what grabbed me. I showed it to Wendi, along with a few other images I thought might work. While the figure worked for me, I needed her special magic to find the rest of the background.

I knew she would. And she did. She had a clear vision in her head. In a matter of five minutes, Wendi sent me links for several potential images and they were perfect. Four, including my figure, to be exact.

I swear, there are times when I’m creating a cover that I feel like I’m channeling the Muses straight from the Divine Source. Everything falls right into place, several hours roll by and before I know it, Kota, my Pixie Bob, is nipping at my leg saying, “Excuse me, but could you take a moment to feed us?”

This time when I sent the proofs over to Wendi and got her feedback, there was no eye-rolling on this end. The concept was rock solid. All it needed was a little smoke, a few more unruly flames, and a couple minor color adjustments.

Packmates, it is with great pleasure we give to you the cover for Tau’s Pride: Deception. If you think this image knocks you off your paws, wait until you read the story that goes along with it. This round of covers is taking on an illustrative bent for sure. Storms and Deception both depict pivotal scenes from the books. Who’s the Angel? Who’s in chains? Why is the clock ready to strike the final hour?

Take your best guesses and leave them in the comments below. In the meantime, enjoy the stunning glory that is Deception!

Are you an author in need of a cover? Do you want books that stop people in their tracks? Contact us today and see what we can do for you. And if you live in the Las Vegas area, register for Deb’s Book Design for Authors workshop coming in February, 2016.

The birth of a book, it’s an incredible process, isn’t it? The ups, the downs, all the joy, heartache and sense of deep accomplishment never goes away no matter how many books you write. And if you stopped feeling any of that, it’s time you hung up your keyboard and called it quits.

Wendi and I are far from that. This latest series, Tau’s Pride, had us laughing, crying, ripping our hair out, UGLY crying, and outright staring at our screens in awe. We’re not kidding when we say we go through as many sleepless nights as you do when you read our stories. We experience it all first. Guaranteed, if we don’t feel it, you’re certainly not.

When it comes to the cover for our books, the process is no different. We agonize over each and every image, we pick apart color combinations, font styles, themes and so much more.

The beginning usually goes something like this: Deb gets Great Idea in the middle of the night. Cranks it out and shoots it over to Wendi at some absurd hour in the morning. Goes to bed thinking “This is GREAT! She’s going to LOVE it!”

Such was the feeling with the first concept (image at right).

Deb then wakes up to an email that says, “Um…it’s a little bright, isn’t it? Nope, not quite it yet. Let’s keep working on it.”

After a considerable amount of grumbling Deb resolves to go back to the drawing board. And go back I did…several weeks later. Sometimes you have to let a project sit for a while and percolate. We had a general idea what we wanted…or rather, Wendi did. I, on the other hand, was thinking, how the hell am I going to top the covers from the last series?

That’s a lot of pressure, albeit, self-imposed.

As we worked through the rewrites, we kept an open mind, not thinking too hard on the cover design, but rather letting images and ideas float in as we sharpened up the story. Last week, as we put the finishing touches on the first book the cover became more important as ever. With the other books we had covers long before the story was finished. This time…nothing.

Wendi mentioned she could see a stadium, a crowd of people, maybe an angel and demon fighting. The more I looked at images of angels and demons, the more discouraged I got. So many of them are incredibly hokey. Yeah, I can work miracles, but honestly, I prefer my cheese on crackers and not on book covers.

Now, the way I compose a book cover is by making a composite of several different images. In some cases I may end up using as many as a half dozen or more individual images for a single cover. It’s like looking at a fixer-upper house, seeing the potential beyond what you see right in front of you. A background here, a figure there, a tree from someplace else…it’s so much more than slapping a single image on a cover and calling it good.

I started with a stadium, a storm, and an angel I could mask out from its original background. What I liked was the angel’s emotion. All the elements were there and Wendi liked the color, but to her, it looked like the angel should be in proportion to the stage.

“Where are his legs? He should be smaller. And his wings look like bunny ears,” says Wendi.

Bunny ears? I rolled my eyes. It’s okay to say that here. She knows she’s particular. That’s okay though, that’s part of why we make such great stuff. We don’t settle. If it’s not right, it’s not right.

The concept was solid though, it was on the right track, and that was all I needed to know to keep working on it.

I went back in and made our angel smaller and searched out a new pair of wings…ones that didn’t look like bunny ears.

That was getting closer. It had emotion, it had the colors, but it still wasn’t quite right. Then Wendi posed the question, “What if we ditch the stadium and go for some kind of stone circle in the woods?”

And so began our search through dozens of Stonehenge-like images, none of them we could agree on. By then, dinner time was approaching and I was feeling anxious. Not in a bad way, rather the kind of anxious when you know you’re so close to something and you’re too tired to execute it.

Some hours later, after food and a dose of Project Runway, I came back to the computer and stared at the screen for a while. This angel wasn’t working, but I liked the emotion. I needed an image that had the same kind of lighting from above, and I now wanted a figure of a man with his hands outstretched.

I searched Depositphoto for a few pages, then I remembered another photo I had in my library. The moment I put it into the overall image, I knew it was the right one. WOOT!

Stonehenge would have to wait until morning. Instead of sending the image off right away, I waited and sent it the next day. We both agreed the new figure worked well, but the stadium definitely had to go.

That’s okay, we were getting closer!

I don’t know how Wendi found the grove image she did, but…she did. She’s good that way. The only problem with it was it had some kind of Druid with a glowing pentagram in the center of it. The rest of it was perfect, exactly how we each envisioned this one crucial scene in the story.

Oh, and Wendi wanted trees. Yes, that was followed by another eye roll. However, we found the perfect rainy grove with the right lighting and I couldn’t say no.

Back to our misfit magic-user. Never fear! Photoshop to the rescue! A little bit of the clone tool, a touch of the healing brush tool and some fancy blending…et voila! Mr. Druid was gone like he never existed. Poof. Right back into the ether.

Once I had all the elements working in harmony, that unmistakable thrill ran down my spine. This was so perfect Wendi was going to be jumping on the bed!

I was right. She confirmed with two words: “That’s it.”

In a matter of a couple hours from the time I sent out that last email, we had our final cover. Though really, it was much more than that, it was a lot of trial and error, doing different things until it all finally clicked. When it’s right, all the pieces fall into place with very little effort. It’s scary-cool the way it happens.

Now, without further adieu, it is our pleasure to present the cover for book one of Tau’s Pride. Packmates, we give you Storms.

Thanks to Packmate Diana, we have a new Pack Challenge for you! From now until December 31st 2015, your mission is to find as many “Share a Coke” bottles as you can assemble. As with everything on the net, it doesn’t exist unless you take a picture! Post a pic of you and as many character names from the Saga that you can find on our Facebook Page or email us and we’ll post it for you, and the Packmate who finds the most will get a signed copy of the first book in the new series. Second and third runner ups will get digital copies. Want to see what names are available? Find your Packmate here.

Which Packmate do you want to share a Coke with?

Note: This contest is not sponsored by or affiliated with Coca-Cola Corp., though if anyone at Coke does want to read the Saga and offer a sponsorship/affiliation, we’d love to hear from you!

Here it is, two days after our big author event at Barnes & Noble and I’m still basking in the glow of success. From the moment Wendi and I set foot in the store, we had a line of eager Packmates waiting for us with their books. See that picture above? Nothing sets an author’s heart to racing like seeing a table full of your books in a major bookstore. At the end of our three hour time slot, we sold a whopping 29 books—and that’s not counting the books that sold right off the shelf in the month prior to the event.

No one, not even the manager John, was expecting that. For most authors, ourselves included, if we sell four books at any given event we’re doing the happy dance and the angels are singing. I’m telling you, it pays to be an Action Hero.

What’s even more exciting is seeing your fans in action. The Packmates did a great job spreading the word and made our event spectacular. Check out all the new additions to the Packmates Page. We got some great pictures, and take note of who’s in them…it may be the last you see of them until they finish the Saga.

No, no, don’t worry. They’re perfectly fine. The story will suck them in, they’ll disappear and run with the Pack for a while and then they’ll be back, at least until Tau’s Pride is released. No need to contact the dairies about putting new photos on the back of those milk cartons.

For a taste of what you missed, watch the video interview by Stephen Moran at the right. Thanks, Stephen! And thank you Sean Hoade for bringing Stephen along.

All in all, Wendi and I are over the moon. You can bet that next year we’ll be doing more events. Just like with this event, it’s the Packmates who make it so successful. We still need your help. Go to your local bookstores, go to your libraries, tell them to carry the Saga. You want us to come to your town? Gather 20 or more Packmates and let us know where you are and what bookstore to contact to arrange for an event. Be a part of the Street Pack, get the word out. The more you tell the world about us, the more we’ll write.

Today was an exciting day for us Alphas here. Last week I posted that Kim Henry, the owner of Books Or Books, would be ordering The Saga to add to her Local Authors section and they arrived in her shop today!

Total good timing on my part. I had to go out and pick up the new posters we had made for the Vegas Valley Book Fair on October 18th and decided to drop off a copy for Kim, along with some promotional flyers. She had the box on her counter and the two of us opened it up together. It was like Christmas for the both of us.

Kim made space on the shelf right at the front of the store for us and damn, if that ain’t a thrill seeing our Saga right there on display for the whole world to see.

Don’t they look stunning? Talk about jumping on the bed excited. Thank you so much, Kim, you’ve just made another Big Dream come true. So now, those of you who live in Las Vegas, be sure to take a trip over to Books Or Books to get your copy, and if you’re an author or aspiring to be one, pick up a flyer for our Paranormal Writers of Las Vegas writing meetup, run by yours truly.

My own calendar is filling up fast with book signings and events. Check them out below and come visit me!

Not too long ago I wrote a post about what it takes for an author to get their book into a local library. At the time I was a little disheartened to find out how many hoops I’d have to jump through just to get The Saga into one of the libraries here in Vegas. They wanted letters of introduction, paid reviews from notable sources (like our Packmates’s rave reviews weren’t enough?), approval from their committee…a blood sacrifice to the gods, a first-born child and a complicated dance around a fiery pit on the next dark moon.

But then a funny thing happened. Wendi told me a friend of hers, Barbara, had gone to the Warren Township Library in Chicago. Barbara strolled up to the reception desk and asked if they had Bonds of Blood & Spirit: Loyalties. When the librarian gave her a blank look and shook her head no, Barbara expressed her surprise, “What? You don’t have it here? Why not? You need to have this book on your shelf.”

Stunned in the face of a totally shocked and appalled Packmate, the poor librarian did the only thing she could do; she ordered the book.

Over the weekend I got a call from Wendi. “Guess where I am?”

“Home?” I took my most obvious shot. It was the weekend, after all.

“Nope.”

“Las Vegas?” A surprise visit would be fun. Unlikely, but fun.

“Those are good guesses, but no.”

I gave up.

“I’m at the library and you’ll never guess what they have!”

Now, you would think the logical answer would be Loyalties. Alas, no. The library had ordered Legacies, the fourth book in the series, by mistake.

“Well now,” I said, “they’ll just have to order the other three, won’t they?”

Indeed. Wendi was told they only order the first book in the series to see how the book does, but by the time Wendi got done working her charm, the librarian was off to order the rest of the books in the series. You can’t just have one and four and not two and three, right? Unless, of course, you’re involved in a Monty Python skit.

This made me think how easy that was. It also made me think that not all libraries were created equal. Like the brick and mortar bookstores, each one must have their own policies regarding local talent.

I brought this up at my LV Fiction Writers’ Mastermind. As we sat there in the café at our usual table, sipping our iced coffee and talking shop, I recounted the story of The Book. I also recalled how Doc Nixon (one of our author clients and a good friend) got his book, 50 Shades of Grades, into the Paseo Verde library over in Henderson without all the rigamarole the Clark County Library had outlined.

General consensus at the table was Henderson was much more open about accepting local author books and I should check them out. So, I did. I came home, found their contact info on the web and shot them an email.

Turns out all you have to do is go there, book in hand, and say you want to donate it. No muss, no fuss. Henderson is more than happy to put a local author on the shelf—provided you have a sturdy, professional looking product. Otherwise they reserve the right to put it in the bargain bin.

That’s great news for us Las Vegas authors and for me and Wendi. One more step on the ladder to success and adding to the ranks of Packmates.

You may have caught that reference to a writing mastermind. It’s true, I started an intimate little group of local writers. The meetings are casual, informative and always, always fun. But I wanted something bigger. Something on par with the Romance Writers of America, only for Paranormal authors.

Unfortunately after an exhaustive search, I couldn’t find anything like that in Las Vegas. One would think in a major city there would be a group like that. Oh, don’t get me wrong, there were some fine groups. There was the local chapter of RWA, and the Southern Nevada Writers’ Group, but I wanted other Paranormal authors, specifically.

Now, if you’ve known me for a while you’ll know that if I can’t find what I want or if I’m already in something and I see how I could do it better, I’ll just strike out on my own and do it. There’s risk for ya. Only when I’m all hopped up on a new idea, it doesn’t strike me as risky at all. Just fun.

Las Vegas now has one more writing group in town, the Blue Sun Studio Paranormal Writers of Las Vegas. This is going to be a bit more formal in structure compared to our casual Sunday morning get-togethers. Each month we’ll have a presentation done by me or one of the members with a topic pertinent to what it takes to be an author/writer in this Golden Age of Information.

I invite all Packmates interesting in upping their writing game to come out and join us. Click here for the where’s and when’s, meet the other Paranormal authors in the area and take part in the discussions.

In Other News

Lastly, if you’ve been following us on Facebook, you’ll have noticed a lot of posts about bees. What’s that all about, you ask? I’ll tell you. Wendi and I are getting ready to break ground on the new series, with the overall series working title The Color of Storms.

This new series takes the Pack beyond the borders of the Valley, facing challenges on a much bigger global scale. We have plenty of new good guys, new villains, new shifters (bees!), and new supernatural factions already talking to us, along with your old favorites taking the spotlight.

I’ve always loved animals. Some of my fondest and earliest memories revolve around them. My first puppy, Corky (no relation to Cornelius “Corky” Whittenberg in The Saga) was given to me on Christmas of 1968. He was a pedigree Cocker Spaniel. Just like Lady in Disney’s Lady and the Tramp. Did I mention I was a big Disney fan too?

That’s Corky in the picture at the right (Yes, those are fuzzy pink bunny slippers. I’m sure my brother felt like Ralphy from A Christmas Story, only not so horrified. At least it wasn’t a full bunny suit).

When I was little, we made frequent summer trips to the Catskill Game Farm in Upstate New York. I still remember standing at that lion fountain, totally fascinated with it. I think I drank a couple gallons of water that day in between feeding the goats, llamas and sheep.

Several years later when we moved from Yonkers to the Westchester ‘burb of Somers, Muffy came into my life. She was the runt of the litter and the best dog ever! We got her from a family up the street. Dad named her Muffy because the markings on her head made it look like she was wearing ear muffs.

I still have that red ball. All the white is long worn off and it has a big hole in it from where Muffy chomped on it too hard, but I can’t get rid of it.

Later on while going to college at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, I spent a lot of time at the zoo there, sketching the animals. The zoo and the wolves even had a cameo in Loyalties. So did the horses for that matter, I did a stint as a carriage driver for a couple of years too.

A Trip to the Zoo!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to re-visit this childhood joy. My friend, Diana, had two tickets to a private tour of one of Las Vegas’s best kept secrets, the Roos ‘n More Zoo. If you only think of the Strip and casinos when someone mentions Vegas, think again. We have so many off-strip treasures here it’s worth it to drive out past the neon glitz and glitter.

Roos n’ More was an incredible experience. I got close up and personal with lemurs, Fennec foxes, Capuchin monkeys, camels and of course, kangaroos!

On the left is Remington. He’s a lemur and he loves grapes. He had a bit of a confusing moment when Diana offered him a cherry tomato. He put it in his mouth, made a face and spit it out. Sorry, bud, I know it looks like a grape, but no matter how many times you taste one, it’s not going to change.

Then we had Jellybean, the Fennec Fox. She was an adorable little critter. She patiently endured all the petting and attention. After the “show” was over and she was put back in her pen, she got her reward—which consisted of a game of tag with her keeper and excited little squeaks when he scratched her butt. Apparently, this is Jellybean’s most favorite thing in the world.

Oh, and I can’t forget the owl. I purposely took this picture just for Wendi. True, she’s not our Olivia, but she was still as beautiful and impressive.

Although the keeper did admit he wasn’t one of her favorite humans since he never brings her food, just people to look at her, so she gets a bit of an attitude with him. She did come out and let us all admire her before she flew back into her shelter.

Still, being this close to a bird of prey like this was a treat and an honor.

I can’t begin to say how much I loved it. In addition to the interaction, I came away with a lot of inspiration for future shifters.

Roos n’ More Needs Your Help

But the zoo is in trouble. Here’s the story taken right from their site:

Due to some changes with structural use at the zoo and permitting problems we are currently unable to host any onsite events including public zoo days and private tours.

In order to gain the new permits needed to re-open to the public we must raise approximately $100,000 to install a new commercial septic system and some paved walkways. We are trying to contact some resources in the community to raise the needed funds as well as finding contractors that may be able to help with the labor.

What? No! We can’t have this! The zoo is doing such good work, everyone needs to know about this place and visit it. Before we left, Diana told me the zoo was holding a silent auction to raise money. Well…there’s something I could help with. I grabbed a copy of Loyalties, signed it and brought it with me.

I just wish I could do more. And I can, by telling all our Packmates about it. We want the zoo to thrive. The animals are well cared for, they’re very happy. The whole vibe of the place was upbeat and friendly. The kids on the tour were a joy to watch and made me want to make sure every kid could have this kind of experience.

How Can YOU Help?

Even if you don’t live in Vegas, please visit their site and check out their donation page. Aside from monetary donations, they need a lot of supplies for the animals. Simple things like blankets, ziplock bags, food…a donation doesn’t have to be complicated.

And if you do live in Vegas? The restaurant Diana works at, Macayo’s, is holding a fund raiser on Monday, March 24th at each of their three Las Vegas locations. Help the zoo and get some great Mexican food at the same time!

Did you like the zoo as a kid? Share your fondest memories here in the comments, we’d love to hear from you.

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We hope all of you have been doing well and that you’re not too stressed out over the holiday craziness. Wendi and I have been pretty busy too, that’s why you haven’t heard much from us. Definitely good news for all of you because we’ve been deep into spiffing up Legacies and boy, oh, boy does this story ROCK!

At first we were concerned we had too much story. We twisted one little thing back in Reclamations and that caused a tsunami of a wave through the rest of the story line. From there, we had so many new aspects we wanted to explore we got a little keyboard happy (as in a potential 1000 page book kind of keyboard happy).

But that’s okay. Words are never wasted. Although there were a lot of little scenes and bits of dialogue we were totally in love with, we knew for the sake of clarity, they had to go. Our cutting room floor document is now a novel unto itself. The more Wendi went through with her virtual machete, the tighter Legacies got and we’re more in love with the story now than we were at the start. If I do say so myself, it’s rich in depth, like dark brown earth, ready to nurture future stories and keep you on your toes each time you read through it.

We’re not going to say when the release will happen. All we can say is soon. The book still has to go through layout (a relaxing process which I’m looking forward to over Christmas break), the final read-through of the printed proofs and probably one more round of corrections. Fear not, we’re still trying for that “perfect proof”! Will we do it this time? Who knows, but it sure is fun trying to reach that goal!

In other news, Loyalties, Uncivil Wars and Reclamations are all enrolled in Amazon’s Matchbook program. This means that when you buy a printed copy, you have the opportunity to buy the matching book in digital format for 70% off. Not a bad deal if you want to keep those printed versions in pristine condition.

Over the break we’ll also be putting up our Packmates’ Page, with pictures of all our Packmates and their books. Be a part of that by sending us a photo of you and your Saga books!

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice and Happy New Year!

The wait is over. Now get Uncivil Wars in hardcover, paperback and digital. Run like the wind, Packmates! These books are beautiful. If you already have a digital version, you’ll still want a hard copy to adorn your bookshelf.

Order your copy today and join the Pack on their latest adventure. Happy reading!

Nothing beats the sound of the UPS truck driving up—especially when you know you’ve got proofs on the way! That’s right, Packmates, we received our paperback proofs today and they’re gorgeous. All silky smooth with a matte finish, the color came out perfect and the interior layout looks fantastic.

Now all Wendi and I have to do is give it a final read-through for red bananas and Uncivil Wars will be ready for sale on Amazon and B&N. Looks like that will happen early in January.

If you can’t wait for the print version to drop, check out our holiday special going on right now. As an added bonus to everyone who buys either the Loyalties/Uncivil Wars bundle or the single Uncivil Wars digital editions, you will be entered in a drawing to win a free printed copy SIGNED by BOTH Wendi and I. No mean fete, mind you, considering we live 2000 miles apart.

Get in on the contest now before time runs out on January 1st. The winner will be announced on January 7th.

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"Truth lies within ourselves: it takes no rise from outward things, whatever you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness and to Know rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape than in effecting entry for light supposed to be without."

—Robert Browning

What Packmates Are Saying About the Saga

Bonds of Blood & Spirit

Bonds of Blood & Spirits: Loyalties wraps you up in an exciting story as the mythology and world of Shifters & Vamps unfolds. Warning: This novel will cause sleep deprivation.

-J. Clifton Slater; Las Vegas, NV

Bonds of Blood & Spirit

Bonds of Blood & Spirits: Loyalties wraps you up in an exciting story as the mythology and world of Shifters & Vamps unfolds. Warning: This novel will cause sleep deprivation.

-J. Clifton Slater; Las Vegas, NV

Bonds of Blood & Spirit

"...I think what I loved most about LOYALTIES was watching a collection of lonely and somewhat lost spirits find each other and connect and grow into something bigger than any of them were on their own. There are no perfect resolution here–this isn’t a fairy tale–but there is love, compassion, honor and determination. So as this motley family rushes headlong into the next chapter of their saga, you are compelled to run with them."

"Loyalties has it all, romance, good guys, bad guys, battles, shapshifters and vampires. The storyline kept me reading until the very end and I must admit to being disappointed when it ended. Thank goodness it is a series."

—Rita Smith, author Mikey's Tale; Las Vegas, NV

Bonds of Blood & Spirit

"I just finished Legacies. Thank you for the rollercoaster ride through all four books! You guys have written a wonderful series about family and love. I absolutely love books that span time and generations. I feel like I know every member of the Pack. You have a true gift for the written word."

"If you want a great read, a terrific ride, a story that makes you laugh, cry, and clench your fists, this will do that. And more. I highly recommend this. Then go snatch up the other books, and get lost in a world so well created you’ll be peering at people, and animals, in a whole new way."

"Bonds of Blood and Spirit: Loyalties is a well crafted story that sucked me in from the first chapter to the end. This is a very healthy book with over 600 pages and took me a while to get through but well worth it. I look forward to diving into the next books in the series. I was impressed at how 2 authors could get together and write a book as one. It would be interesting to interview these authors and find out the secret behind this special union. Well done!"

"This book was refreshing from the very beginning in its originality on its take of shifters, where they come from, and how they do or don’t fit together, with humans, and with other “creatures” in the world. It definitely was not cookie-cutter, with bitten, turned, so on, and so on. I don’t want to give too much away, but this book definitely had an intriguing look at how shifters come to be, how they find each other, and what it means to be a shifter..."

—Erin; California

Bonds of Blood & Spirit

"This is incredible. I have read all 4 books. Each one better than the last. I don’t care what genre you usually like. Everyone will love these books. The details put in make you feel like you’re right there. I saw all of it in my head as I was reading GO GET THESE BOOKS! I am so looking forward to the next series. Great job to the writers! Thank you for letting me escape my boring world even if it was just while I was in the story!"

—Melanie Cromling; Broadalbin, NY

Bonds of Blood & Spirit

"...There are many new characters, as well as plenty of the old enemies from book one. It’s a good, fun read that goes places I never expected. If you love tales of vampires and werewolves, then I highly recommend this book (Uncivil Wars) and the first novel, Loyalties.”

"Ok Deb, I am holding you responsible for significant loss of sleep. Up til all hours devouring Loyalties. I had no idea what it was about when I pulled onto my Kindle. Loving this (even more than Kitty and the Midnight Hour – which I greatly enjoyed). Here’s to the Pack."

"...swept along in the story until the very last sentence of the book (Reclamations) in which I gasped once more and said out loud “Oh no they didn’t!” Oh yes they did. Wendi Kelly and Deborah Dorchak, Book 4 better be pretty quick in coming. Just sayin’!"

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We've got a treat for you this Fiction Friday, Packmates. Today, we present a sneak peek at the cover for the second book in the Tau's Pride series, Sacrifice.
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